did i mention that WE BRING THE OT?!

haha. we do we do we dooo! jon and i have been wanting to go to a san antonio rampage game for some time now. after getting an entertainment book from jons dad, and finding a 50% off coupon for tickets...we looked further into game days. tonight was fan appreciation night (a.k.a dollar beer night) and we decided that it would be the perfect night to go see a hockey game. i mean, why not? while we were waiting on jon's brother, bruce, to get to the house so we could leave for the game, i remembered that my friend works at spurs and rampage games. i called him to find out if its easy to just get tickets to games when you get there and whatever. when he called me back he said he could get us some tickets and to call hiim when we got there. so when we got there i called him to say we were there, and he met us out front with tickets -- which was amazing and allowed us to avoid the RIDICULOUSLY long liens. MIKE SWENSON YOU ARE AWESOME!!!

we found out that the seats were really great! we were in the section closest to the ice and on the 13th row. we were up close for all the body slamming against the glass. it was great. the rampage played the milwaukee admirals -- and have lost to them the past THREE times. we were hoping with our recent good luck with close and exciting games we would bring something special to the game. haha. WELL!

admirals scored early... and then with 4 min to go in the 3rd period, the rampage scored! as the time finished out it was declared that the game would go into OVER TIME!!! thats right. the THIRD over time game we have gone to in the past two weeks. once going into over time/sudden death (first team to score wins), the rampage scored in the first 16 seconds!! it was so exciting!!

my first hockey game was a success...and was sprinkled with little fights here and there and those were so cool to watch. haha. i lvoed how the refs just patted them on the back and let them have at it. they tore off their gloves, and their masks and just went AT IT. punching and shoving and beating each other up. what a great night.

whoooo look at us! we sure do know how to do it when it comes to athletic events! what a great friday night. going to bed soon bc its up early tomorrow to head to houston where i am coaching our 17s at a tournament. lets hope this 'irish luck' continues on.

[[these were taken with my cell, and shows how close we were!]]

[[a fight was goin on. but i couldnt get my phone out quick enough to capture the good stuff]]

p.s. i brought in my good camera - the rebel -but had to check it into customer services when i got there :( booooo! i could have gotten some GOOD ones. its okay though.